The Jihad Paradox S . Paul Kapur and Sumit Ganguly Pakistan and Islamist Militancy in South Asia
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in Pakistan have repeatedly been involved in major terrorist incidents throughout the world, such as the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington and the 2005 London subway bombings.1 They regularly strike government, coalition, and civilian targets in Afghanistan, hampering efforts to stabilize the country. Also, they frequently target India, threatening to incite an Indo-Pakistani conoict that could potentially escalate to the nuclear level. Pakistan-based militancy thus severely undermines regional and international security. Although this problem has received widespread international attention since 2001 and the advent of the United States’ “global war on terror,” the Pakistan-militant nexus is as old as the Pakistani state. From its founding in 1947 to the present day, Pakistan has used religiously motivated militant forces as strategic tools.2 How and why did this situation come about? How has The Jihad Paradox
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